This is an analysis of the poem Judson Stoddard that begins with:

On a mountain top above the clouds
That streamed like a sea below me...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXXXXXXXaaaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101010101 11101011 1111001010 111001010 101001010 111101010 100110010 1001010011 100100101 101111110 10111101 11110111010 11110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 510
  • Average number of words per stanza: 100
  • Amount of lines: 13
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; that, and, this are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase poems connects the lines.

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